RVU R Remote User Interface Technology VU Enabling Whole Home DVR For The Consumer Electronics Alliance and Pay TV Industry Technical Brief

RVU™ is a client/server-based technology that allows the television content viewer to experience a consistent server-generated user interface, providing support for

DVR functionality while watching live 4K RVU TV or recorded programming on various consumer electronics (CE) devices. RVU WIRELESS RVU TV is the basis of the highly successful ROUTER HOME INTERNET DIRECTV™ Genie Whole Home DVR. NETWORK

The RVU (pronounced “R-View”) protocol uses DLNA® technology as a foundation. WIRELESS RVU RVU SERVER RVU-compliant TVs and clients are WIRED RVU networked in the home with an RVU server, and once they are connected, the TV viewer can watch live or recorded content on any client in any room. RVU FEATURES OF RVU TECHNOLOGY technology offers support for service • Enables a simple solution for a • Fast development, RVU already provider user interfaces that allow a DVR Whole Home DVR using a single supports 4K content delivery. experience at each client, including user server and standard Consumer Fully independent test and Electronics devices. • interactions such as guide, DVR trick certification path to ensure device play, interactive applications and Video on • Mature specifications developed interoperability and compliance. Demand content. RVU client technology by leading technology companies. can be implemented on a variety of CE devices, from basic thin clients to Smart/ Connected TVs, gaming platforms and BENEFITS OF RVU TECHNOLOGY advanced networked devices. RVU is easily • Accelerates the availability • Expandable specification based expandable and supports new formats like of service provider content on open standards providing 4K Ultra High Definition now. throughout the connected home. flexibility and upgradeability for new features. • Enables rapid introduction of The RVU protocol addresses service new features and applications • Designed to run on existing CE providers’ needs and users’ expectations that typically accompany devices with no BOM impact. commercial content. for a consistent user interface, enabling • Flexible RVU architecture allows DVR experiences on CE devices • Increases CE device value add client implementation on multiple throughout the home. It is available to CE by providing DVR functionality and devices (TVs, PCs, laptops, tablets, manufacturers via the publicly available access to subscriber-based content Blu-ray™ players, etc.). RVU Protocol Specification. on compliant standard devices.

RVU ALLIANCE FOUNDERS RVU Remote User Interface Technology RVU Alliance Technical Brief RVU FLEXIBILITY AND FEATURES • Runs in a lightweight footprint with no Bill of Materials impact on CE devices. DATA CHANNEL (A/V STREAM • Utilizes industry-standard protocols such OVER HTTP/DTCP-IP) as DLNA and UPNP. APPLICATION OUTPUT BUFFERS • Maintains the exact look and feel of the DATA CHANNEL (GRAPHICS WITHIN User Interface across all devices. TCP CONNECTION DATA FRAMES) UNCOMPRESSED APPLICATION • Provides the full DVR and live TV experience without the need for a set-top box in every room COMMAND CHANNEL (XML KEYCODES • Supports advanced video formats such as FORMATTED GRAPHICS COMMANDS) 4K Ultra High Definition RVU SERVER • Networking technology agnostic, proven on RVU CLIENT wired and wireless networks RVU SIGNAL FLOW: Server and Client elements send RUI commands • Supports extensions for advanced UIs and and responses on command channels as XML strings. On data channels, RUI client capabilities, for example 3D. elements send binary or ASCII data, as well as A/V streams, over HTTP/DTCP-IP.

RVU SPECIFICATIONS — THE RVU ALLIANCE BUILT ON STANDARDS The RVU Alliance is non-profit organization that maintains and • Device and Service Discovery and Control promotes the RVU protocol suite of specifications, associated l UPNP SSDP test tools and certification program. RVU is used by MVPD • Media Management, Distribution, and Control companies as the communications protocol between a media ® ® server and media renderer client devices. l Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA ) l UPNP RVU ALLIANCE PROMOTER MEMBERS • Content streaming and media format interoperability l DLNA AV Transport HTTP

• Digital content protection LATIN AMERICA l DTCP-IP link protection • Remote User Interface l Low-overhead remote UI, including remote control commands and status from client devices to the server.

MISSION OF THE RVU ALLIANCE RVU ALLIANCE CONTRIBUTORS • To encourage the rapid, broad, and open AwoX Sandmartin International Holdings Ltd industry adoption of Remote User Interface LG Electronics SHARP Electronics Corporation (RUI) technology for whole-home television MStar Semiconductor Sky Mexico entertainment. Panasonic Corporation Sony Corporation Quantenna Communications, Inc. UNH-IOL Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Universal Electronics Inc. AVAILABILITY OF RVU Red Embedded Consulting Wistron NeWeb Corporation TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Order form/nondisclosure agreement at RVU Alliance™ Phone: +1-503-619-0578 http://www.rvualliance.org/specification-availability 3855 SW 153rd Drive Fax: +1-503-644-6708 Beaverton, OR 97003 [email protected] © 2014 by the RVU Alliance. All trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. November 5, 2014